Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9cfdf7ca1e8a1ab3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-06-09 22:35:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d79527574ca76c27149922cb56419c6b SHA-1: 53be5fe88bb79245419c6a1a0fdf844a9e1d284a SHA-256: 9cfdf7ca1e8a1ab39998db0bb4fd18bad413e36b3c73b32d598c0ef346698424
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest it is part of a phishing campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=expanded+form+worksheets+grade+5 PDF link annotation
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/11054161441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc880a64515fbf918c8ec88abca8e491/70624288436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718911ea592---tumezagemarikumoxufux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b801bef01d6---zogif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ergunaygoren.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ea8f47dc2---lavifejosijomipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082428763431---wunufidafagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5250745e7---xogizosuxopame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab1516e29a4---59488864569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cgq94kto5kc9unukah34hug5r/12812479729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsqa9t2ukm1o5p94st57slidb7/gutagejulikikibos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d5e7b2a05f63956edc8061a58812ca9/dadifufupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/wixagixujuzede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4320d056cdbec4d1688c8eef0ee26b4a/13844761283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/kakokujanilamabiwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mm-podium.ro/userfiles/file/57768857279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--clinicaquirogavilario-vbc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4bu1jn8f49t9icduj1l4jsh60/virikaroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/kukesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE5A 5728 bytes
SHA-256: a1ff65919d949f6c84b6ae69312ee1ea7a3075a250905bacf84bc0473cc54e82
font_01_sfnt_off0000e1db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1DB 10240 bytes
SHA-256: 6f9ee50d39a8390dddf89bb76b97307847096ba7b749aa7d682c8f7d9f475e0e